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noun 
  1. (countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaf, leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
  2. (countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
  3. (context, uncountable, color) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
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Translations: 
  • Dutch: paardenbloem
  • French: pissenlit
  • German: Lí¶wenzahn
  • Italian: soffione
  • Spanish: diente de león
adjective 
  1. (colour) of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
Translations: 
  • German: Lí¶wenzahn
Etymology: From dent-de-lion (literally "lion's tooth"), also in (term, dens leonis, dÄns leÅnis). The term has since died out in France, but compare Spanish diente de león, Italian dente di leone, Portuguese dente-de-leío, and also German Líwenzahn, all having the same literal meaning.


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